Pope Francis Through the Years

The Pope Visits Rizal Park

A massive crowd of Filipino faithful fill up the Rizal Park during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, Jan. 18, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. Millions filled Manila's main park and surrounding areas for Pope Francis' final Mass in the Philippines, braving a steady rain to hear the pontiff's message of hope and consolation for the Southeast Asian country's most downtrodden and destitute.

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The Pope Visits Rizal Park

A massive crowd of Filipino faithful fill up the Rizal Park during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, Jan. 18, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. Millions filled Manila's main park and surrounding areas for Pope Francis' final Mass in the Philippines, braving a steady rain to hear the pontiff's message of hope and consolation for the Southeast Asian country's most downtrodden and destitute.

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Pope Francis wears a plastic poncho as he waves to well wishers after a mass in Tacloban on Jan. 17, 2015. Pope Francis will spend an emotional day in the Philippines with survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon that claimed thousands of lives, highlighting his concern over climate change.

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Pope Francis Loses His Cap on Philippines Arrival

Pope Francis tries to hold on to his cap after it was blown by wind as he disembarks from his plane after arriving at a military airbase in Manila, Jan. 15, 2015.

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Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2014.

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Pope Francis kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2014.

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In this photo provided by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is presented with a cake during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Dec. 17, 2014. Pope Francis got a cake, cards and a tango demonstration for his 78th birthday Wednesday, and 800 kilograms of chicken meat for the poor.

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Pope Francis Sports a Cowboy Hat

Pope Francis is offered a hat as he salutes the crowd while arriving for his weekly general audience in St Peter's square at the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Pope Francis Travels to South Korea

Pope Francis, left, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2014. Francis became the first pope in 25 years to visit South Korea on Thursday. Seoul's never-timid rival, North Korea, made its presence felt by firing three short-range projectiles less than an hour before he arrived, officials said.

Pope Francis is welcomed upon his arrival in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 24, 2014.

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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, right, embraces his predecessor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, during a ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

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Pope Francis leaves at the end of the Canonization Mass in which John Paul II and John XXIII have been declared saints on April 27, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican.

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Pope Francis kisses the relic handed to him by Costa Rican Floribeth Mora, as he leads the canonization mass in which John Paul II and John XXIII are to be declared saints on April 27, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican.

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Pope Francis, waves to pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square, following the Canonisation Mass in which John Paul II and John XXIII are to be declared saints on April 27, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican.

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Pope Francis asperses incense as he leads a solemn celebration in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

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Pope Leads Good Friday Mass in the Vatican

Pope Francis presides over a Good Friday Passion service, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, April 18, 2014.

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Pope Francis Holds the Holy Gospel Book

Pope Francis holds the holy gospel book as he celebrates the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 17, 2014.

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Kids Get a Ride in the Popemobile

Pope Francis kisses two children, after carrying them onto his Popemobile, before leading his general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 16, 2014.

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Pope Francis Confesses Sins in Public

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is confessed by a priest in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 28, 2014. Pope Francis has kneeled before a priest and confessed his sins in a St. Peter's Basilica ceremony he hopes will inspire others to seek forgiveness.

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President Obama and Pope Francis Met for the First Time at the Vatican

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis, March 27, 2014 at the Vatican. Obama called himself a "great admirer" of Pope Francis as he sat down at the Vatican, March 27, 2014 with the pontiff he considers a kindred spirit on issues of economic inequality.

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Pope Francis and President Barack Obama smile as they exchange gifts, at the Vatican, March 27, 2014.

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Pope Francis Takes a Selfie With Youths

In this Aug. 28, 2013 photo released Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 by Miss Deborah Arcelli and taken on a mobile phone by her son Riccardo, second from left, Pope Francis has his picture taken inside St. Peter's Basilica with youths from the Italian Diocese of Piacenza and Bobbio who came to Rome for a pilgrimage, at the Vatican.

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Pope Kisses His ‘Mini-Me’ Before a Vatican Crowd

19-month-old Daniele De Sanctis, dressed up as a pope, is handed to Pope Francis as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Feb. 26, 2014.

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Who Knew the Pope Needed a Passport?

The new passport of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, at the Argentine Consulate in Rome, Feb. 14, 2014.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano Jan. 7, 2014, Pope Francis is placed a lamb around his neck as he visits a living nativity scene staged at the St. Alfonso Maria de' Liguori parish church, in the outskirts of Rome, Jan. 6, 2014.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2013.

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Pope Francis Blesses Bikers

Pope Francis shows a box containing a rosary (inset, detail), during his Sunday Angelus prayer, from the window of his apartment overlooking St.-Peter's square at the Vatican, November 17, 2013 .

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Pope Francis Blesses Bikers

This handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office shows Father Don Renzo Zocca (2ndR) offering his white Renault 4L to Pope Francis, Sept. 7, 2013 at the Vatican.

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Pope Francis Blesses Bikers

Pope Francis leads a meeting of prayer with families at St. Peter's Square on October 26, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican.

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Pope Francis Blesses Bikers

Pope Francis answers reporters' questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip.

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Pope Blesses Harley Davidson Bikers

Pope Francis blesses the Harley Davidson bikers from his Popemobile before the start of a mass outside Saint Peter's Square in Rome June 16, 2013.

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Pope Blesses Harley Davidson Bikers

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis blesses a sick or disabled person, no name given, wearing Harley-Davidson garb at the end of a pro-life Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 16, 2013. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

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Pope Francis Through the Years

In what appears to be a sign of things to come, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio pays his bill at the Casa del Clero residence after being named Pope Francis, March 14, 2013, in Vatican City, Vatican. As Argentina's Cardinal, Bergoglio was known to adhere to a simple life.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

No Pope mobile yet for the newly installed Pope Francis as he rides a coach bus with his fellow cardinals.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

Pope Francis, center, flanked at left by Cardinal Agostino Vallino, and at right by Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, walks inside St. Mary Major Basilica, in Rome, March 14, 2013. Pope Francis opened his first morning as pontiff by praying at Rome's main basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

Pope Francis looks at the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 13, 2013.

Pope Francis Through the Years

Pope Francis Through the Years

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio talks with a man as he rides the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2008.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is shown in this undated file photo as a young man. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected, March 13, 2013, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left in back row, is shown here with his family. Top row from left to right, his brother Alberto Horacio, Bergoglio, his brother Oscar Adrian and his sister Marta Regina. Bottom row from left to right, his sister Maria Elena, his mother Regina Maria Sivori and his father Mario Jose Bergoglio.

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Pope Francis Through the Years

This early 1950's picture shows a young Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, posing with unidentified schoolmates of a preparatory school in Buenos Aires, Argentina.